TOPLINE
- 3,507 new cases [757 cases by nucleic acid tests (17 imported + 740 locally acquired); 2,750 cases by rapid antigen tests (70 imported + 2,680 locally acquired)]
- As at Jan 21, 28, 40, 256, 1,348 and 175 persons received their first, second, third, fourth and fifth dose of vaccine respectively; a cumulative total of 20,600,498 doses have been administered
-- new cases tested positive by nucleic acid tests: 757 (17 imported + 740 locally acquired)
- total cases tested positive by nucleic acid tests: 1,211,788
- new cases tested positive by rapid antigen tests: 2,750 (70 imported + 2,680 locally acquired)
- total cases tested positive by rapid antigen tests: 1,643,529
- deaths: 13,081 [during the fifth wave (since December 31, 2021): 12,868]
14-day rolling sitrep of new cases (most recent figure first, in bracket: “local cases / imported cases”)
- 3,507 ( 3,420 / 87 ); 3,789 (3,696 / 93 ); 4,015 ( 3,893 / 122 ); 3,793 ( 3,684 / 109 ); 3,843 ( 3,744 / 99 ); 4,653 ( 4,529 / 124 ); 6,261 ( 6,091 / 170 ); 7,749 (7,563 / 186 ); 8,260 ( 8,032 / 228 ); 9,208 ( 8,916 / 292 ); 9,279 ( 9,017 / 262 ); 9,379 ( 9,152 / 227 ); 11,641 ( 11,318 / 323 ); 14,113 ( 13,682 / 431 );
Provisional data analysis on COVID-19 reported death cases
https://www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/pdf/death_analysis.pdf
Provisional analysis of the first 12,747 reported death cases in the 5th wave:
- Vaccination history
- Received 4 doses (reached 14 days): 2%
- Received 3 doses (reached 14 days): 14%
- Received 2 doses (reached 14 days): 13%
- Received 1 dose (reached 14 days): 12%
- Unvaccinated: 59%
- Over 95% fatal cases were elderly aged 60 years or above; 47% were residential care home residents; 93% were with known chronic diseases
- Receiving 3 doses of any vaccines greatly reduces death risk especially in the older age group
- As at Jan 21:
* 28 persons received their first dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,912,150 persons have received their first vaccine dose, making up 94.6% of the population aged 3 or above
* 40 persons received their second dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,792,369 persons have received their second vaccine dose, making up 93.1% of the population aged 3 or above
* 256 persons received their third dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 5,827,538 persons have received their third vaccine dose, making up 83.6% of the population aged 12 or above
* 1,348 persons received their fourth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 1,019,920 persons have received their fourth vaccine dose
* 175 persons received their fifth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 48,521 persons have received their fifth vaccine dose
- a total of 20,600,498 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public
The latest shipment of about 70 000 doses of the Comirnaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5 bivalent vaccine (i.e. Comirnaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5 (15/15 micrograms)/dose Dispersion for Injection COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified)) by Fosun Pharma/BioNTech arrived in Hong Kong on January 21 as arranged by Fosun Pharma.
Latest service status for testing at community testing centres/stations as at 10.30amA Government spokesman noted on January 21 that the COVID-19 nucleic acid testing capacity is ample and sufficient to meet the demand of the cross-boundary passenger flow before and during the Lunar New Year. There are still about 77,000 and 100,000 testing places available for booking at community testing centres/stations (CTC/CTSs) across the city for January 21 and January 22 respectively, as at 10.30am on January 21.